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Boys’  Camps  and  Girls’  Camps 

In  The  Southern  Appalachian  Mountains 

Where  the  Sky  is  Blue 
The  Air  is  Pure 
The  Climate  Salubrious 

Summer  Camps  in  the  mountains  for  boys  and  girls  have  passed  the  stage  of  experimentation. 
They  have  become  an  important  part  of  the  educational  system  of  our  country.  These  summer 
camps  are  filling  such  a  need  in  the  life  of  boys  and  girls  that,  though  a  comparatively  new  move¬ 
ment,  little  need  be  said  in  justification  of  them.  Combining,  as  they  do,  training  in  class-room 
with  training  in  the  open,  they  furnish  the  boys  and  girls  of  the  country  a  wholesome,  attractive 
and  highly  beneficial  way  of  spending  the  summer  vacation  period. 

The  Southern  Appalachian  Mountains  embrace  the  Mountain  Sections  of  Western  North 
Carolina,  Northern  South  Carolina,  Eastern  Tennessee,  Northern  Georgia  and  Virginia.  By 
reason  of  the  temperate  climate  and  beautiful  scenery  of  these  mountains,  many  people  interested 
in  out-of-door  life  are  attracted  here. 

We  publish  in  this  booklet  a  list  of  Boys’  Camps  and  Girls’  Camps  in  these  mountains,  that 
have  been  in  successful  operation  for  several  years  past;  also  some  views  typical  of  this  extensive 
movement  of  education  and  out-of-door  life. 

Additional  copies  of  this  booklet  may  be  had  free  of  charge  by  addressing  nearest  Southern 
Railway  System  representative. 


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Boys’  Camps  and  Girls’  Camps 

In  The  Mountains 

Booklet  giving  full  particulars  concerning  the  individual  camps  as  shown  below  may  be  secured  by  addressing  the  director. 


Name  and  Location 


Name  and  Address  of  Director 


Name  and  Location 


Name  and  Address  of  Director 


Ash-No-CA  Camp 

Asheville.  N.  C . 

Camp  Dixie  for  Boys 

Wiley,  Ga . 

Camp  Greystone  (Girls) 

Tuxedo,  N.  C . 

Camp  Highland  Lake  (Boys) 
(Georgia  Military  Academy) 

Highland  Lake,  N.  C . 

Camp  Highland  (Girls) 

Y.  W.  C.  A.  Camp 

Highland,  Ga . 

Camp  Illahee  (Girls) 

Brevard,  N.  C . 


Camp  Junaluska  (Boys) 

Lake  J unaluska,  N.  C . 

Camp  Junaluska  (Girls) 

Lake  Junaluska,  N.  C . 

Camp  Kallamuchee  (Boys) 

Calderwood,  Tenn . 

Camp  Laurel  (Boys) 

Candler,  N.  C.,  RFD  1 . 

Camp  Le  Conte 

Wonderland  Park,  Tenn . 

Camp  Merrie-Woode  (Girls) 
Sapphire,  N.  C . 

Camp  Minnehaha  (Girls) 

Bat  Cave,  N.  C . 

Camp  Sapphire  (Boys) 

Brevard,  N.  C . 

Camp  Suwali  (Girls) 

Chimney  Rock,  N.  C . 

Camp  Tippecanoe  for  Boys 
Tuxedo,  N.  C . 


Mr.  George  Jackson,  Asheville. 
N.  C. 

Mr.  A.  A.  Jameson.  Chamber 
Commerce  Bldg.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Rev.  Jos.  E.  Sevier,  First  Presby¬ 
terian  Church,  Augusta,  Ga. 

Col.  J.  C.  Woodward,  President, 
College  Park,  Ga. 

Miss  Lucy  Marvin  Adams,  Atlanta, 
Ga. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hinton  McLeod, 
Brevard,  N.  C. 

Miss  Louisa  Reid,  Gastonia,  N.C. 
Major  John  M.  Ward,  Lebanon, 
J  enn. 

Miss  Ethel  J.  McCoy,  care  of 
Interment  College,  Bristol,  Va. 
Mr.  B.  M.  Banks,  University  of 
Tenn.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Mr.  Wiley  O'Kelly,  Candler,  N.  C., 
RFD  1. 

John  M.  Gore,  511)4  Market  St., 
Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Mrs.  Jonathan  C.  Day  and  Miss 
Mary  Huston  Turk,  Sapphire, 
N.  C. 

Mrs.  Belle  Abbott  Roxby,  42  Bay 
St.,  Daytona,  Fla. 

Mr.  W.  McK.  Fetzer,  University 
of  N.  C.,  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 

Mrs.  E.  M.  Hoffman,  Salisbury, 
N.  C. 

Director,  Mr.  George  E.  Simmons. 
%  Y.M.  C.  A.,  Spartanburg,  S.C. 


Camp  Toxaway  (Girls) 

Lake  Toxaway,  N.C . 

Camp  Transylvania  (Boys) 

Brevard,  N.  C . 

Chunn’s  Cove  Camp  (Girls) 

Asheville,  N.  C . 

Chimney  Rock  Camp  for  Boys 

Chimney  Rock,  N.  C . 

Dixie  Camp  for  Girls 

Clayton,  Ga . 

Eagle’s  Nest  Camp  (Girls) 

Waynesville,  N.  C . 

French  Broad  Camp  (Boys) 

Brevard,  N.C . 

Keystone  Camp  (Girls) 

Brevard,  N.C . 

Laurel  Falls  Camp  (Girls) 

Clayton,  Ga . 

Laurel  Park  Camp  (Boys) 

Hendersonville,  N.  C . 

Rock  Brook  Camp  (Girls) 

Brevard,  N.  C . 

S  C  Y  Camp  for  Boys 

Blue  Ridge,  N.  C . 

Skyland  Camp  (Girls) 

Clyde,  N.  C . 

Snyder  Outdoor  School  for 
Boys 

Lake  Junaluska,  N.  C . 

(Fall  and  Spring  Terms) 
Captiva  Island,  Fla. 

(Winter  Term) 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  Camp  (Boys) 

Tallulah  Falls,  Ga . 


Miss  Katherine  Davis,  19  West 
Gordon  St.,  Savannah,  Ga. 

Mr.  R.  McC.  Perrin,  B.  S  ,  3923 
Carondelet  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  E.  F.  Allis,  RFD  2, 
Asheville,  N.  C. 

Mr.  Reese  Combs,  Box  781,  Miami, 
Fla. 

Miss  Hope  Finfrock,  415  East 
14th  St.,  Houston,  Texas. 

Miss  Carol  Purse  Oppenheimer, 
620  East  40th  St.,  Savannah, 
Ga. 

Major  Henry  E.  Raines,  care  of 
1  he  Citadel,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Miss  Fannie  Holt,  1341  Liberty 
St.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Smith,  Clayton,  Ga. 

Mr.  I.  B.  Brown,  care  of  Porter 
Military  Academy,  Charleston, 
S.  C. 

Mrs.  Henry  N.  Carrier,  Brevard, 
N.  C. 

Director,  W.  D.  Weatherford, 
Southern  College  of  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

Mrs.  Robert  Harris,  Jacksonville, 
Fla. 

Mr.  Clarence  E.  Snyder,  035 
Fine  Arts  Bldg.,  Chicago,  Ilf. 


Mr.  W.  T.  Forbes,  Gen.  Secy., 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Athens,  Ga. 


Vacation  time  presents  its  problems  and  its  oppor¬ 
tunities.  One  of  the  most  important  and  absorbing 
questions  in  the  American  home  is  the  sons’  long  summer 
vacation,  too  often  wasted. 


Boys  From  Camps  Near 
Brevard,  N.  C.,  Often  Make 
Canoe  Trips  Down  the 
French  Broad  River  to 
Asheville 


High  Diving  is  a  Diversion  Which  the  Boys  Enjoy 


The  summer  camp  for  young  people  has 
been  proved  to  be  a  positive  benefit.  It  is  a 
welcome  change  to  them  from  the  winter's 
environment  of  the  school  room,  and  a  solu¬ 
tion  to  the  parents  of  the  ever  present  ques¬ 
tion  what  is  best  for  the  growing  boy  and  girl 
during  the  summer  vacation. 


Dance  of  the  Huntress — Diana  and  Her  Maidens 


The  out  of  door  life,  regular  hours,  carefully 
proportioned  rest  and  recreation,  well  balanced 
meals  at  regular  intervals,  will,  together  with 
wisely  directed  thoughts  and  proper  supervision 
over  all,  develop  minds  and  bodies  fitted  for 
upright  manhood  and  womanhood. 


Boy  Scouts  in  the  Appalachian  Mountains 


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These  Girls  Become  Expert  Horsewomen 

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The  basic  principle  of  camp  life  is 
helpful  activity,  life  in  the  open,  hiking, 
canoeing,  swimming  and  diving,  base¬ 
ball,  basketball,  volley  ball,  boxing 
and  wrestling,  tennis,  track  and  field 
sports,  target  practice  and  horse  back 
riding. 


The  chief  object  of 
the  camp  is  to  give  the 
boy  and  girl  a  vacation 
which  will  be  at  once 
enjoyable  and  profit¬ 
able. 


Horseback  Riding — One  of  the  Many  Out-of-Door  Pleasures 


The  normal  boy  must  have 
some  outlet  for  his  energies. 
Unless  he  is  properly  led  or 
guided  he  may  form  asso¬ 
ciations  that  are  harmful. 


Athletics  in  the  Mountain 
Camps  Develop  the  Strong 
Men  of  the  Future 


Summer  camps  are 
established  as  a  place 
where  a  girl  may  spend 
the  summer  in  an  en¬ 
vironment  tending  to 
develop  a  type  of  young 
womanhood  that  will  be 
a  pride  to  herself  and 
her  parents. 


Setting-up  Exercises 


WESTERN  NORTH  AND  SOUTH  CAROLS 

“Land  o) 


Land  of  the  Sky — Climate 

There  is  probably 

no  place  in  the  world  where  the 

climate  is  finer  in  the  summer  and 

fall  than  in  these 

mountains. 

We  show  here  the  summer  temperature  as  given  by 
the  United  States  Weather  Bureau  at  Asheville,  N.  C. 

The  temperature  is  given  at  the  warmest  hour  of  the 

day.  3  p.m. 

l  ypical  Mean  Temperature  for  One  Year 

Month 

Maxi¬ 

mum 

Mini¬ 

mum 

Month 

ly 

Total 

Rain 

No.  of 
hrs.  sun¬ 
shine 

January . 

44.8 

29 . 2 

27.0 

3-41 

136.7 

February .... 

49-7 

31? 

40. 2 

2 . 78 

176.9 

March . 

45  •  z 

28.5 

36.8 

2.00 

200-9 

April . 

68.8 

44-  I 

56.4 

I  .  09 

268.0 

May . 

73-9 

53-8 

63.8 

4.53 

779  •  9 

June . 

77-  I 

58.0 

67.6 

4.74 

2b9 . 8 

July . 

82 .  6 

61.5 

72.0 

2.78 

287.8 

August . 

79  5 

bl  .3 

70.4 

4 . 26 

22 7 . 2 

September.  .  . 

78 .0 

56.9 

67.4 

4.09 

Z43 .0 

October . 

68.5 

48 . 2 

58.4 

3-33 

I9I-5 

November.  .  . 

59  0 

38.O 

48.5 

2 . 20 

203 . 6 

December .  .  . 

46. 5 

28.8 

37-b 

5.01 

162.6 

Year . 

64  -  4 

45  .O 

54-7 

40. 22 

2647.9 

Average  temperature  for  Asheville  for 

the  three 

summer  months  for  six  years.  United  States  Weather 

Bureau: 

June 

July 

August 

1917 

67. 

5 

72.0 

70.3 

1918 

69. 

6 

68.9 

72.8 

1919 

70. 

3 

73.2 

71.1 

1920 

68. 

6 

71.6 

70.0 

1921 

71  . 

8 

73.2 

70.6 

1922 

71. 

2 

72.8 

69.0 

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Concord, 


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Shelby 


Gastonia 


Kings  Mountain 


BLACKSBURG 


SPARTANBURG 


Chester 


RAND  MCNALLY  &  CO., NEW  YORK 


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Mt.  Mitchell 

Altitude  6,711  feet,  the  highest  peak  in  eastern 
America — Twenty  miles  northeast  of  Asheville.  The 
summit  of  Mt.  Mitchell  may  be  reached  by  a  splendid 
automobile  road  from  Black  Mountain  station  on  the 
Southern  Railway,  sixteen  miles  from  Asheville. 

Mt.  Pisgah 

Altitude  5,749  feet,  may  be  seen  to  the  south  of 
Asheville,  and  is  reached  by  good  automobile  road  by 
way  of  Candler  to  the  edge  of  the  forest  reservation; 
thence  by  way  of  a  very  good  but  steep  mountain  road 
to  the  Inn  near  the  top  of  the  mountain. 

Many  noble  Peaks  add  to  the 
beauties  of  Western  North  Carolina 


In  the  Black 
Mountains 

Altitude 


Mt.  Mitchell . 6711 

Blackstock  Knob  .  .  .6386 

Potato  Top . 6419 

Black  Dome . 6504 

Mt.  Gibbs . 6591 

Hall  Back . 6403 

Balsam  Cone . 6645 

Black  Brothers . 6620 

Cat  Tail  Peak . 661 1 

Hairy  Bear . 669 1 

Bowlen's  Pyramid..  .6348 

Deer  Mountain . 6233 

Long  Ridge . 6259 

In  the  Craggy  Range 

Craggy  Dome . 6105 

In  the  Balsam  Range 

Mt.  Pisgah . 5749 

Double  Spring . 6380 

Richland  Balsam  .  .  .6540 

Plott's  Balsam . 6090 

Jones'  Knob . 6224 

Rock  Stand  Knob..  .6002 

Brother  Plott . 6240 

Silvermine  Bald  .  .  .  .6040 


In  the  Balsam 
Range — Cont. 

Altitude 


Black  Mountain.  .  .  .6245 

Amos  Plott . 6278 

Rocky  Face . 6031 

Chimney  Peak . 6234 

Spruce  Ridge . 6076 

Reinhardt . 6106 

Devil's  Court  House  5816 
Yeates  Knob . 6001 

In  the  Smokies 

Mt.  Buckley . 6599 

Clingman's  Peak.  ...6611 

Mt.  Love . 6443 

Alexander . 6447 

Mt.  Henry . 6373 

Mt.  Guyot . 6636 

Roan  Mountain  ...  .6310 

Collins  . 6188 

Tricorne  Knob . 6188 

Raven  Knob . 6230 

Thermometer  Knob.  61 57 

Luftee  Knob . 6232 

Cataloochee . 6159 

Grassy  Ridge . 6220 

Cold  Spring . 6015 

Cold  Mountain . 6000 


A  splendid  program  of  wholesome  activity 
to  convert  the  waste  of  the  long  summer 
vacation  into  genuine  physical  development. 

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The  Manly  Art  of  Self-Defense  is  Taught  Here 

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Mountain  camps  provide  a  place 
where  girls  may  spend  a  wholesome 
happy  summer,  inspired  with  a  love  of 
the  out  of  doors,  and  help  them  make 
friends  with  nature. 


Botany  Class — A  Most  Interesting  Hour 


The  age  of  the  early  teens  is  camp  age 
for  the  girl,  when  she  longs  for  life  in  the 
open,  for  mountains,  for  games  that  will 
test  her  skill,  for  a  lake,  ferny  nooks  and 
crackling  camp  fires  beneath  the  stars. 


A  Ceremonial  meeting  of  the  Camp  Fire  Girls 

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Girls  may  select  the  particular  activity  in 
which  they  are  most  interested  and  receive 
instruction  in  camp  craft,  nature  study, 
basketry,  wood  blocking,  stenciling,  clay 
modeling,  sewing,  cooking  and  gardening. 


Basket  Weaving 


A  Dip  in  a  Pool  of  a  Cool  Mountain  Stream  is  Very 
Refreshing  During  the  Summer  Months 

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Campers  interested  in  nature  study  find 
great  opportunity  to  know  more  intimately 
the  forms  of  natural  life  that  abound  in  the 
mountains. 


Each  evening  is  spent  in  playing  games  on 
the  campus,  in  singing  and  story  telling  about 
the  camp  fire,  or  other  special  programs. 


Camp  Girls  at  Rest 


Boys’  camps  and  girls’  camps  are  under  the 
personal  care  of  men  and  women  who  are 
trained  leaders,  and  offer  an  opportunity  to 
spend  a  part  of  the  long  summer  vacation 
amid  a  pleasant  and  wholesome  environment. 
The  campers  are  developed  physically,  men¬ 
tally,  socially  and  morally. 


The  Swimming  Hour  at  a  Camp  for  Girls 

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The  intimate  relations  which  campers  have 
with  one  another  and  with  their  counselors, 
and  the  little  acts  of  kindness,  courtesy  and 
thoughtfulness  to  each  other,  must  strengthen 
their  characters. 


Rest  Hour  at  a  Camp 


An  Athletic  Class 


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Sometimes  very  pitiful  is  the  loneliness  of 
the  solitary  boy  or  girl  who  has  never  learned 
how  to  gather  friends.  They  can  come  into 
their  own  in  an  atmosphere  of  friendship  and 
attachment  to  companions  which  camp  life 
affords. 

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Through  adjustment  to  natural  and  prim¬ 
itive  circumstances,  new  to  the  town  bred 
boy  or  girl,  the  camper  learns  to  surmount 
difficulties  cheerfully,  to  conquer  fear  and 
discouragement,  to  forget  self  in  fine  com¬ 
radeship  with  others. 


Camp  Boys  in  Sunday  Attire 


Southern  Railway  System 


The  double  track  trunk  line  between  Washington ,  D.  C.  and  Atlanta ,  Ga. 
The  pioneer  through  route  between  Cincinnati -Louisville  and  Florida 
The  short  line  between  New  Orleans  and  Cincinnati 


THE 


SOUTHERN 


SERVES  THE  SOUTH 


W.  H.  TAYLOE 
Passenger  Traffic  Manager 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


W.  A.  BECKLER, 
Passenger  Traffic  Manager 
CINCINNATI,  OHIO 


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